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Solutions for Big Data

By Melody Smith | April 9, 2013

Human beings supposedly produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day, according to IBM. Adding to that bit of trivia, 90 percent of the data in the world today was created in the past two years. The result is why we have the challenge of “big data” today. Enormous data sets that most relational database management systems (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, etc.) find difficult to process. “Ontologies for Information Integration” (OI2), an April 18 workshop at the University at Buffalo, will address this challenge and offer some non-traditional solutions.

Ontologies in Italy

By Melody Smith | March 29, 2013

Need a reason to go to Italy? Okay, need a good reason? The Second International Workshop on Ontologies meet Advanced Information Systems (OAIS) will be held September 1-4, 2013 in Genoa, Italy.

A Different Kind of Intelligence

By Melody Smith | March 19, 2013

We have heard of business intelligence, but what is clinical intelligence? It is a research and engineering discipline dedicated to the development of tools for data analysis. These tools are used for clinical research, surveillance, and effective health care management.

Ontologies Used for Medical Research

By Melody Smith | March 13, 2013

A group from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is testing the use of bioinformatics and other technologies to better understand how cells function. They are doing this with the use of ontologies.

Making a Path in the Data

By Melody Smith | February 14, 2013

Enterprise metadata can be messy, and many organizations choose to ignore it – sort of a Scarlett O’Hara mentality of “I’ll deal with it tomorrow.” The real angst stems from having no metaprocess information or higher level process descriptions.

Ontology Gets New Leadership

By Melody Smith | February 6, 2013

Ontology Systems has appointed Martin James to head its worldwide sales operations. His task is to drive further growth and expansion for the company.

What Ontologies Bring to the Party

By Melody Smith | January 25, 2013

A science blogger shows an example of how important ontology development is to accessing your information. You see, sometimes even technical geeks get lost in the terminology of browsers, indexing, and taxonomies. This particular science blogger took time to explain for the confused few while reviewing GoPubMed, an ontology-based browser.

Working Well Together

By Melody Smith | January 15, 2013

The semantic web is being used for many types of organizations and for many applications. In the retail world, it is being developed to optimize the process. By creating ontologies that serve as a reference for the data found on the internet, semantic technology can create comprehensive evaluations for customers and business owners.

The Value of Relationships

By Melody Smith | December 14, 2012

Ontology Systems and Neotel are extending their working relationship with the use of Ontology Intelligent 360 for an aligned view of services. This interesting news was brought to our attention by telecompaper.com in their article, “Neotel selects Ontology platform for service management.” The Ontology Intelligent 360 claims to improve customer experience and reduce cost by…